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Entries from Empyreal Environs tagged with “Bogaerts”

Pyrrhic Victory

The Red Sox finally came up with a win against their divisional adversaries from Charm City but paid the price. Dustin Pedroia was put on the disabled list with a strained right hamstring, or as my friend Scott would call it, his manstring. Pedroia was running out a single to left but came up lame after stepping awkwardly on the first base bag. At least Pedroia wasn’t stepped on like Alejandro De Aza. The backup outfielder had his hand mashed by Bud Norris’s cleats but incredibly didn’t get injured. De Aza didn’t even get a hit for his pain; the official scorer gave Chris Davis an error because of a bobble. It wasn’t enough for the bases and opposing players to cause bodily harm. Xander Bogaerts got into the action when his line drive smashed into Hanley Ramirez’s left hand. Take it easy, Xander, Hanley’s not going to be moving back to short and take your spot. David Ortiz contributed to the offense with a two-run circuit clout in the in the sixth. But it wasn’t as big as a hit as his “Summer Chill” campaign with Rob Gronkowski. Game 73: June 24, 2015 Baltimore Orioles37-34 1 L: Bud Norris...

Seven in Eight for Nine

In this season so far it has taken the Red Sox multiple games to accumulate seven runs. That they did so late in a game down by four runs is remarkable. But which Red Sox team will prevail in the coming months? The team that struggles to string together hits or the squad that explodes for a touchdown in a single frame? Rusney Castillo kicked off the eighth with a four-bagger into the Monster seats. It was his first home run in 2015. At least the local nine wouldn’t be shut out at Fenway. Your browser does not support iframes. Bob Melvin pulled Kendall Graveman in favor of Evan Scribner. Scribner relinquished a string of three singles, failing to get an out. The Red Sox winnowed the lead to two runs and had three outs to work with. Drew Pomeranz secured an out but it was a sacrifice fly off David Ortiz’s bat that narrowed the gap to a single run. Melvin reached into his bullpen again and summoned Tyler Clippard. Mike Napoli worked the count full but struck out swinging. Pablo Sandoval’s respite seemed to help him. The third baseman kept the rally alive with a liner to left....

The Castillo Show

Rusney Castillo was pivotal to this game. Defensively he robbed Aaron Hicks of a home run in the top of the eighth inning. In the seventh with two outs Xander Bogaerts ricocheted the ball high off the wall below the flagpole in center field, just missing a home run. Sandy Leon worked a five-pitch walk off Mike Pelfrey. Castillo followed with a gutshot single that plated the only run of the game. Your browser does not support iframes. Clay Buchholz continued his post-haircut excellence. The slim starter went eight innings giving up just three hits and two walks while striking out eight. Your browser does not support iframes. In sync with Buchholz’s jersey number Koji Uehara took over in the ninth to tally his 11th save. Uehara allowed a walk to Trevor Plouffe with two out but induced a fly ball to center for the final out. Game 52: June 2, 2015 Minnesota Twins30-20 0 L: Mike Pelfrey (4-2) No extra base hits Boston Red Sox23-29 1 W: Clay Buchholz (3-6)S: Koji Uehara (11) 2B: Mike Napoli (6), Xander Bogaerts (6)...

Endangered Species

Pablo Sandoval collapsed into a heap when Sam Freeman’s 95 MPH fastball found his knee. Freeman had best watch out: the penalty for poaching pandas is 20 years imprisonment. Even luckier for him: this was reduced from the death penalty in 1997. Sandoval is day-to-day as the result of this injury. If you’re a fan of “Breaking Bad” you know what $80 million in stacks of bills looks like. Here’s what $95 million in a pile looks like. Besides a panda another rarity came to light in the third inning. Xander Bogaerts found himself in left field backing up Hanley Ramirez when Prince Fielder’s ricocheting fly ball got away from Ramirez. After Bogaerts ran it down and turned around to get it back to the infield it was funny to think that this is one of the longest throws he is likely to make in-game. Bogaerts was part of an unusual event in the fourth frame. His fly ball to left hit off the ladder that steadfastly sticks to the Green Monster. Though its purpose has since become extinct it remains on the wall as a charming anachronism. Ramirez should render extinct the awkward slide he exhibited in the fifth...

May the Remorse Be With You

The force was not strong in this one. The Red Sox have lost their last four games, all against divisional opponents. They went from first in the AL East to last place in nine days. Hanley Ramirez chased down James Loney’s fly ball and smashed into the wall holding the left field seats. He held onto the ball for two steps, but this is not football and that is an old rule anyway. Ramirez, the only consistent force on the offensive side for the Red Sox, left the game and is day-to-day. Steve Souza, Jr. also found himself hitting the wall in the first inning. His impact was a feeble bump after a half-hearted leap for Dustin Pedroia’s line drive. The gentle love tap caused the rookie to drop the ball and allowed Pedroia to reach second. Xander Bogaerts notched his second triple of the season in the second inning, driving in his team’s only run of the game. Bogaerts and Pablo Sandoval almost collided on Asdrubal Cabrera’s pop-up. The Red Sox are out of sync at the rubber, on the field, and in the box. They can rally around Ramirez’s absence or wither. Game 26: May 4, 2015 Tampa...

Solid Betts

When will the Red Sox win again? When pandas fly. Pablo Sandoval not only made this outstanding catch in the fifth inning but clouted his first home run at Fenway Park. The line shot cleared the fences in right. If this were San Franciso it could have been caught if the outfielder shaded Sandoval correctly. Your browser does not support iframes. With his recent blown save Koji Uehara might have wished he pitched in a spacious ballpark like AT&T. But he was back in form in the top of the ninth, dispatching Michael Saunders, Kevin Pillar, and Dalton Pompey without fuss. Mookie Betts stepped into the box in the bottom of the ninth with one out and men at first and second base. Miguel Castro, the pitcher who opposed Betts, uncorked a wild pitch to allow the runners to advance. Betts got the pitch he needed and sent it back up the middle to plate Xander Bogaerts. Your browser does not support iframes. Betts would have been Bogaerts’s double play partner if Dustin Pedroia were not entrenched at the keystone sack. Instead they are a relentless batting combination. If a pitcher doesn’t get Bogaerts and the nine-hole hitter out he...

How to Build a Team

Sign a player that will slide hard into second base to make sure his teammate has a chance of being safe at first. Make sure said player has enough padding to take a pitch as a consequence of his hard slides. Have a divisional rival with a feisty starting pitcher who feels he has to take the game in his own hands and mete out punishment for interrupting his middle infielders. Throw in a younger MLB umpire with an itchy trigger finger. Go into a tight, tense game into the bottom of the ninth with the score tied. Ensure the leadoff hitter gets on base and bunt him over. Urge the superstar-in-making at short to knock in the winning run. Your browser does not support iframes. Profit. Your browser does not support iframes. Game 10: April 17, 2015 Baltimore Orioles5-5 2 L: Brian Matusz (0-1) 2B: Chris Davis (3)HR: Caleb Joseph (1) Boston Red Sox7-3 3 W: Koji Uehara (1-0) HR: Ryan Hanigan (1)...

The Night is Dark and Full of Errors

The night is dark. And full of errors. It happens. pic.twitter.com/Fy9nBvuUhQ— Julian Benbow (@julianbenbow) April 11, 2015 I’m a fan of George R.R. Martin’s World of Ice and Fire, both the television series and the books. This game was a long and brutal contest and reminded me of of Brienne and Podrick’s slog through the Riverlands. Just when you thought the well-meaning pair attained some measure of success they were thwarted by the ruffians of the area. Or as tourists would call it, your typical night in the Bronx. Carice van Houten, who portrays Meliasandre in “A Game of Thrones,” stayed for the entire six hours and 49 minutes of the game. Rather than Stannis’s balls in her grasp she had a genuine major league souvenir. She rooted for the Red Sox when she found out fellow Dutchman Xander Bogaerts played for them, but then learned Didi Gregorius was on the Yankees. Both players have been knighted, so I should be calling them Ser Xander and Ser Didi. Of course, the Red Woman should root for the Red Sox as long as she refrains from burning the more productive players. I got the ball ! @mlb pic.twitter.com/62KdZ6Alte— Carice van Houten...

Masterful

The Phillies surrendered a half a dozen runs in the third inning even after David Buchanan tallied the first two outs with just six pitches. David Ortiz sent a ground ball into the shift but Chase Utley couldn’t come up with it. Hanley Ramirez scorched the ball up the middle and Buchanan reflexively knocked it down. In a panic Buchanan gathered the ball and threw to an area he thought Ryan Howard inhabited but sadly for the Phillies pitcher there was only foul territory and the left field fence. Ramirez was credited with a single and Buchanan was sullied with a throwing error. Buchanan then walked Pablo Sandoval on four pitches to load the bases. Shane Victorino knocked the ball to Cody Asche. Asche was as clueless as Buchanan and failed to get an out when he could have come home to nail David Ortiz. Ryan Hanigan earned his first run batted in as a Red Sox player when Buchanan couldn’t find the strike zone again, giving the Boston backstop a four-pitch base on balls. Xander Bogaerts lofted the ball to right field. Jeff Francouer, the hero of the middle game of the series, failed to get a proper read...

Let Me Be Your Ruler

This blue man troupe is more scary than inspiring. They look as if they should be participating in anti-establishment protests, not rooting for the Royals. “Jason Vargas, you pitch well or you’ll find your bank account depleted, the funds diverted to the Kansas City Costume Company.” This Red Sox fan had a fantastic sign where he would change out the name depending on who was at bat. He needed to look a little closer at Christian Vazquez’s surname, however. The Red Sox fell behind in the second inning when Eric Hosmer barely cleared the center field wall for a three-run homer. Jarrod Dyson tacked on another run with an RBI ground out to Mookie Betts, who played second base again. The Red Sox came roaring back in the third inning. Xander Bogaerts sent the ball to the left field seats to score three runs. With the score 4-3 in the Royals’ favor Daniel Nava stepped into the box in the sixth inning with the bases loaded and two out. Nava clouted the ball over Lorenzo Cain’s head and gave his team an 8-4 advantage. The series finale was a topsy-turvy affair where the last-place team bested the playoff contender. Mike...

Buffoonery

Balloons and buffoonery are readily available at Fenway Park these days. With two down and the bases loaded Ryan Flaherty tapped the ball to Mike Napoli. Napoli relayed to Xander Bogaerts, who got Steve Pearce out but was taken out by the slide. Bogaerts’s throw was off-target and Joe Kelly couldn’t get a glove on the ball. Nelson Cruz and Chris Davis scored on the muddled play. Your browser does not support iframes. Yoenis Cespedes can be electrifying on the field but sometimes when he is fielding his brain goes into cruise control. The left fielder has tremendous physical gifts but needs to hone his focus on defensive plays. He flubbed a can of corn off Adam Jones’s bat in the seventh inning that led to Alejandro De Aza scoring from third. This came on the heels of David Ross’s throw to second to try to catch De Aza stealing that ended up in the outfield. It’s bad enough when the players err but then fans try to make themselves part of the game. Christian Vazquez made the catch of Jonathan Schoop’s pop-up in foul territory in the eighth inning despite this fan trying to take the ball away from...

Bogeyman and Mookie Monster

Xander Bogaerts had a brilliant showing: 4-for-5 with a home run, double, and an RBI single. He outplayed his counterpart at shortstop but for one play. In the fifth inning Joe Kelly suddenly lost command of the strike zone, perhaps because he had to pitch from the stretch. Carlos Beltran led off with a single and Brian McCann took advantage of the shift and bunted his way on. Martin Prado blasted the ball over Yoenis Cespedes’s glove but neither Beltran or McCann scored and Prado ran into the first out. Cespedes unintentionally deked the runners into an improbable tag play. Your browser does not support iframes. Kelly walked eight- and nine-hole hitters, the first bases on balls of the entire evening for the Red Sox hurler. After a visit from Juan Nieves Kelly settled down to induce a line out off Jacoby Ellsbury’s bat to Bogaerts. But then Derek Jeter entered the batter’s box with the bases loaded and knocked one of his patented infield singles to Bogaerts. Jeter was called out by Tim Welke but the replay showed he indeed beat Bogaerts’s throw to first. But it was not an evening where mystique and aura revisited the Bronx. Instead...

Broken Fenway

The Red Sox seemed to have this game all tied up in a bow. Quite fitting as it was Bow Tie Night to benefit the Red Sox Foundation. To say Koji Uehara had an off night would be an understatement. The Mariners mounted a five-run comeback in the ninth inning. All of the runs came with two outs. Brock Holt almost put an end to the onslaught by snaring Dustin Ackley’s bloop single. It was an impossibly well-placed ball in shallow left field. Chris Denorfia and Austin Jackson scored to put Seattle ahead 4-3. Cespedes’s stunning three-run homer was erased. Xander Bogaerts getting hit by a pitch to the earflap was for naught. Mookie Betts’s fourth inning heroics on Robinson Cano’s fly ball were forgotten. In successful seasons Fenway was the place where the local nine would manufacture wins. This long homestand has been a slog rather than a success. These fans broke Fenway, and the team that plays in it is in similar disrepair. Game 128: August 22, 2014 Seattle Mariners69-58 5 W: Dominic Leone (6-2)S: Fernando Rodney (37) 2B: Robinson Cano (29), Austin Jackson (29) Boston Red Sox56-72 3 H: Burke Badenhop (9), Tommy Layne (4)BS, L: Koji...

Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood?

The contested neighborhood play that wasn’t in the second inning inspired this parody of the classic song from “Sesame Street.” Who are the people in your neighborhood?In your neighborhood, in your neighborhoodSay! Who are the people in your neighborhood?The people that you meet each dayWell, I play on the field, but not around the diamond. I try to position myself so that I can catch balls that the batter hits high and far away.I know who you are! You’re an outfielder!(singing) That’s right! Oh, a left fielder plays the balls off the wallBut this one should be caught and not fallHe also can throw hard and get an outAnd when he’s at the dish he can clout How about this person? Can you give a few hints about you do?I get to play in the dirt most of the time. When you play in my position you have to be able to move quickly left or right and not let the ball get past you. There are exceptions if you are close to retirement, though.You definitely are a shortstop!(singing) Yep! A shortstop plays in the holeAnd stops the ball before it gets on a rollBut he has to make sure...

I’ve Never Seen a Diamond in the Flesh

I am not so sheltered as Lorde so that’s not true, but I haven’t seen a ball hit the ladder in person. One of Omar Infante’s two doubles was the result of a deflection off the ladder. The first-inning extra base hit put Infante in scoring position. Eric Hosmer promptly drove Infante in for the early lead. Your browser does not support iframes. The Royals had another lucky ricochet in the third inning. Hosmer tried to field David Ortiz’s pop-up in the infield but was stymied by the twilight sky. Mike Moustakas shadowed Hosmer and was in position to snare the ball. Alex “it’s pronounced gor-DAHN” Gordon seemed to have a hold on Daniel Nava’s fly ball in the sixth inning but allowed it to slip out of his glove as he slid across the turf. Xander Bogaerts followed Nava with a blast to center field that pulled the local nine to within a run. But Gordon won’t be fired for his misplay. We can’t say the same for the ball attendant who fielded Hosmer’s grounder down the right field line in the fourth inning. She thought it was foul and scooped the ball up but dropped it like a...

Not in the House

T.J. House’s father was nicknamed “Tiger.” The son went by “Tiger Jr.” which was shortened to “T.J.” With any luck the young pitcher will avoid the fate that has befallen so many of his contemporaries: Tommy John surgery. House left the mound with his team in the lead 3-2. One run was the result of Xander Bogaerts’s solo shot in the third and the other was thanks to Jonny Gomes leading off the sixth with a walk and coming around to score on Jonathan Herrera’s liner to shallow left. Bogaerts continued his hot streak with a leadoff double to the left-center gap in the seventh. Dustin Pedroia knotted the game 3-3 with a soft fly ball to right. The throw home by David Murphy was in time but off line. The inexperience of the Red Sox infield was highlighted in the late innings. In the seventh Mike Aviles tried to bunt Murphy over to third but Peavy gathered the ball and managed to get the force at third. Bogaerts attempted to throw Aviles out at first but missed the target badly; only Pedroia’s coverage of first base saved the rookie from an error. In the eighth more defensive lapses revealed...

Early Decision

All the scoring was finished by the second inning. Even Jon Lester, the opening day starter, has fallen into a familiar losing pattern: give up the lead early and depart after a handful of innings from having expended so many pitches. The only folks happy about this afternoon’s game were the Toronto Blue Jays (who took sole possession of first place in the American League East), their fan Geddy Lee, and this guy (who caught Xander Bogaerts’s second inning home run ball). With this loss the Boston squad has been swept in two consecutive series and extended their losing streak to seven games. The Red Sox face the last place Tampa Bay Rays next. Just two games in the loss column separate these two teams. Will the Red Sox keep ahead of the slowest swimmer or get caught by the Rays? Will I have to learn how to spell “Samardzija” without looking it up? Ben Cherington might look to discuss acquiring the standout starter from former colleagues Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer to shore up the rotation. We learned how to spell “Mientkiewicz” in 2004 so this Serbian surname shouldn’t be so much of a challenge. Game 46: May 22,...

Edwin Again

Edwin Encarnacion had another two-home run evening. Both his circuit clouts were hit off Clay Buchholz. The Red Sox starter lasted only 4⅔ innings while surrendering nine hits and four earned runs. If only getting a win were as easy as pressing a buttons, turning a few knobs, and toggling a few switches. Then again NESN has the most difficult job this season: making Red Sox games enjoyable. Stephen Drew estimates that it will take around 10 days to be ready for the Red Sox. Xander Bogaerts is preparing to cede his spot at shortstop to Drew and has been practicing at third base. Perhaps the addition of Drew along with Bogaerts’s resurgence will be the additional pistons the Red Sox offensive engine needs to win games where the starter yields the lead early. A few statistics summing up Boston’s inability to win: 5-10 in series openers 5-19 when opponents score first 1-19 when trailing after eight innings This edition of the Red Sox seem to lack the resilience to recover from hardship. After a rough early few innings they can’t seem salvage the game. It’s hard to give them a chance because they don’t make their own chances. Game...

Glove for Sale, (Nothing But) Flowers

Chris Sales’s perfect game would have ended abruptly with just two down in the first inning were it not for Adam Eaton’s glove. Eaton’s leaping catch of David Ortiz’s line drive shot just above the center field fence was reminiscent of Mike Trout or, if you prefer to go old school, Andruw Jones. Even Ortiz gazed on in admiration. From that point Sale only allowed two baserunners: David Ross walked in the second and Xander Bogaerts was hit by a pitch in the fourth. Perhaps Bogaerts took the plunking personally as he delivered the end of the no-hitter via air mail with two down in the sixth. Alejandro De Aza had no chance to snare Bogaerts’s blast to left field. Jon Lester carried a perfect game into the sixth. Once again Bogaerts was pivotal to the play as Tyler Flowers sent a single just out of reach past the shortstop. Leury Garcia proved a better hitter than reliever and laced a ground-rule double to right. Eaton, hero of the first inning, tapped the ball through Mike Napoli’s dive but it was seized by Dustin Pedroia. Lester couldn’t beat Eaton to the bag and the score was tied 1-1. In the...

When Leury Met Jackie

After fourteen innings of baseball you begin to see things. Visions of flightless foul and faux fruit flitted across my television screen. I imagined Ken Harrelson frozen in carbonite like Han Solo. I even dreamed that the Red Sox only managed to win a game because Robin Ventura is so terrible at managing a bullpen that only a utility infielder was available to pitch. It was only then that the Red Sox managed to get the ball out of the infield. Jackie Bradley, Jr.’s line drive to right off Leury Garcia plated two runs that proved to be the winning scores. Wait, that last thing actually happened? Geez, next you’ll tell me that golden boy prospect Xander Bogaerts made a racy tweet that prompted him to delete his Twitter account. Oh. Game 15: April 16, 2014 ∙ 14 innings Boston Red Sox6-9 6 BS: Edward Mujica (1)W: Chris Capuano (1-0)S: Burke Badenhop (1) 2B: Dustin Pedroia (4), Jackie Bradley Jr. (3) Chicago White Sox8-7 4 H: Ronald Belisario (2), Donnie Veal (2), Maikel Cleto (4)BS: Matt Lindstrom (3)L: Leury Garcia (0-1) HR: Alexei Ramirez (4)...


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